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Hong Kong Legal Update
27 Mar 2023 New path for technology companies to list in Hong Kong
HKEX recently released its consultation conclusions on the listing of specialist technology companies, allowing eligible companies to list under Chapter 18C…
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PLANNING UPDATE
22 Mar 2023 Take Five: Environment Outcomes Reports
The powers are contained in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which is making its way through Parliament at the moment The detailed provisions will be…
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international arbitration update
22 Mar 2023 Good deals gone bad - lessons learned from recent M&A disputes
Dispute resolution partner Michael Weatherley and team provide an introduction to the types of disputes that commonly arise in a cross-border M&A context,…
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Legal update
21 Mar 2023 Innovation in biotechnology is driven by automatization and AI
When Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, wrote a Wall Street Journal essay in 2011, he left us the quote: "Software is eating the world". More…
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Native Title Alert
15 Mar 2023 Queensland introduces Bill to Parliament to enshrine Treaty-making process
Queensland introduces Path to Treaty Bill 2023 (Qld) to enshrine Treaty-making process.
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financial services speedread
15 Mar 2023 Financial Services SpeedRead: 15 March 2023 edition
The key points from this report include: SMCR: the Financial Services and Markets Bill contains provisions for extending the SMCR…
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LUXEMBOURG UPDATE
14 Mar 2023 Blockchain III
On 9 March 2023 the Luxembourg parliament (Chambre des Députés) approved the bill of law 8055 (the "Luxembourg Blockchain III Law") amending, among others,…
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global digital assets digest
13 Mar 2023 Global Digital Assets Digest: March 2023
French National Assembly: Adoption of the so called 2022-2023 DDADUE bill 21 France: AMF announcement on application of the EU DLT Pilot Regime…
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global markets update
13 Mar 2023 EU extends intragroup exemptions under EU EMIR
The UK is also considering reforms to its financial services regulation in the context of the Financial Services Bill but it remains to be seen whether those…
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energy alert
07 Mar 2023 Australian electricity and gas markets - February update
In our February update, we take a look at the latest rule changes and market updates affecting participants in the Australian electricity and gas markets.
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FINANCE REGULATORY
06 Mar 2023 The Digital Pound: A penny for your thoughts
The Bank is working with the Financial Conduct Authority and HMT to introduce a regulatory framework for systemic and non-systemic stablecoins via the…
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contentious financial services update
03 Mar 2023 Duties of bitcoin software developers to come under the spotlight
The article is a summary of a recent English Court of Appeal decision relating to cryptocurrency (bitcoin) Tulip Trading Limited -v- Bitcoin Association for…
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planning update
02 Mar 2023 Planning application fees set to rise by 35%? You pay so have your say
A new fee structure for amending planning permissions will be consulted on later once the new legislation in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill on…
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governance & compliance update
23 Feb 2023 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update – Issue 33
The plans flow from new powers proposed in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill which is currently making its way through Parliament Companies…
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TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE Update
23 Feb 2023 Australian High Court test case set to determine the validity of Victoria's electric vehicle tax
South Australia, however, passed legislation in early February 2023 to repeal its equivalent of the ZLEV charge in response to community feedback that the tax…
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Digital Economy Update
20 Feb 2023 Action Initiation under the Consumer Data Right is coming
Parliament has released a bill which introduces action initiation or "write access" into the Consumer Data Right regime – we discuss what's next.
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GLOBAL DIGITAL ASSETS DIGEST
15 Feb 2023 Global Digital Assets Digest: February 2023
House of Commons: Financial Services and Markets Bill Letter from Andrew Griffith MP to Emma Hardy regarding FMI Sandbox18 House of Commons (Treasury…
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Corporate Crime and Investigations
14 Feb 2023 Slow improvement: Australia's performance in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (2022)
A Bill to implement these amendments is currently before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which is due to report on the Bill in March…
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governance & Compliance Update
13 Feb 2023 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update – Issue 32
Welcome to the thirty-second Ashurst Governance & Compliance (AGC) update, the aim of which is to keep you and your board on top of the latest developments.
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finance regulatory
13 Feb 2023 UK cryptoasset regulation: Another piece of the puzzle or clarity at last?
The first phase of regulation has been legislating for the regulation of so-called "digital settlement assets" (the target of this regime being fiat-backed…
